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, 3 ALIJEN'iOWN, PA.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1855.
616.Ceta. Gift Enteivrize.
CordirionWealth vs. Nathan Frederick. This
casb l ivis called up on Monday the 10th inst.,
at ti;:g*ial Term of the Court <Common Pleas.
The'eVidelice given in this case wilt be found in
another column, and we have no doubt it will
be highly interesting to those who were not en
abled to be in Court. It seems to us there was
no small spice of malice in this prosecution from
itsoCoiriinenciment ; as the Prosecuting Atter
ney'admitted in his address to the Court,
" lind - the property advertized to'be distributed
by 'Frederick Sr, Co. been so distributed there
would haie been no prosecution." If this was
the - case, then do the prosecutors deserve to
loose the case ; and be obliged to pay the costs.
Thus getting their costs for their pains. We
never like . .to see an unrighteous affair osper.
That this whole affair was an outrage on this
coniniunity we do not hesitate to affirm ; yet,
at the same time we believe it to be pregnant
ot good to us. Many thousands of dollars are
annually taken from this County by lotteries
out'of this State. The Fredericks' swindle will
tend to open the eyes of all to the mariner in
which these things aro conducted and as n
County, we have no doubt it will eventually be
be a saving of thousands to us. At some fu
ture day we promise our readers a full expose
of Lotteries.
Our Town and County—Bright rwosirct
• Our distant readers must pardon us, if'we
scent to notice too frequently, and ex travagant
ly,The growing, promising, and truly prosper
ous condition of our town. So far as improve-.
meats arc concerned, it would be difficult to
,4wer-estimate them. Every day, almost, is de
veloping new and important' improvements, in
every portion of our town. Fine houses are
springing up in all the localities of the place.--
Old houses are taken down and new and
larger ones are gowing up in their stead.—
The new En o ,glish Lutheran Church is fast ap
proaching completion, and in a few %reeks the
Clerittan Lutheran is to be demolished and a
new one erected of its site: Town lots are
being sold almost every day, and passing into
the hands of men who improve them at once.
Lands in the vicinity of the place, arc advanc
ing in prices, and passing from old fogies to
men of enterprise and means, who will improve
them, and increase the farming interests of the
country. Our inhabitants are generally in
dustriouS and enterprising, and possess as
much of the " rhino" as is requisite, to devel
opp and improve our natural resources and em
inently favorable position. Indeed, we are
quite safe in saying, that Allentown ianku as
high M. point of wealth and intelligence us any
tpwn.iu our good and glorious old r• Keystone
State." In 1840 our population was '2,•k:9.
Since that time it has increased with a steady,
firm and rapid advance, and now numbers about
6,000. We possess all the local advantages
that are usual or that can be coveted by any in
the State. We have, also, located in our midst,
Male and Female Literary Institutions, of wide
spread celebrity, attended by youth of both
sexes from all parts of the country. Our In
stitutions of Learning arc unrivalled in their
excellence and sterling advantages, while our
Common Schools are of the first order, Seoul fug
all the advantages of classical learning, to all
classes, sexes and conditions. Our town au/
County arc abundantly supplied with Churches.
And our public improvements, the Lehigh
Valley Rail Road, now advancing rapidly to
wards completion, thereby opening to the4lium
ing community the advantages of the best mar
kets available whereunto they may transport
daily the vast products of our rich county,
teeming with Agricultural riches, and affording
to our merchants a rapid, easy and cheap mode
of transit for their merchandize front the cities,
is an event of no ordinary importance. This;
in connection with the North Pennsylvania
Rail Road, which also is in process of construc
tion will afford to our citizens all the increased
facilities of the present advanced state of the,
world. Our merchants will be able to make
purchases of grain of qt kinds for shipment,
With the knowledge that they can easily and
surely" dispose of %it, heforo market will have
time to 'fluctUate auffieffintly effect theM ma
• teriolly.
,Heretofore, all the grain purchased
during the winter had 'IL' be stored until
the opening of the canal in the spring. flap
pily this state of things will soon be
soon as the road is completed they can enter
into business largely as well as confidently.—
Tothe farmer will he opened a market.* home, ,
Where •he can at all .times sell his grain for
cash, at the same prices which it will comtand
ixt the east, deducting the costof transporta
tion, or Who choose he can ship his wheal, &c.,
on the cars, accompany it to a foreign market,
And dispense of to suit himself, without any
serious apprehension of death by old age, ere he
returns again to his friends. Beit not here
alone will bo the advantages attending the com
pletion of the road. The increased facilities
for business which will bo opened by it will
•bring men of capital among us, who attracted
by these facilities, will spend their time and
raortey in the task of developing and unfolding
to the world, our almost inexhaustible resour
ces, and thus render them useful; as well as build
p our community iu all thalaelates to it; pros
perity. The railway is the great agent of ei%ili
zation and reform. in the accomplishment of
their destined mission. Biuding together by its
iiinds, : dislant portions of our country, rendering
neigbbors those whom time and distance would
otherwise pave left strangers, it harmonizes and
mutualiz6 conflicting interests, and blends
unto ono universal and harmonious effort, the
,destro and actionof tho whole country for the
realization of its highest and,noblest hopes and .
aspirations.
11.10J,FRY. - •
Some papers have aqiiiletlMOj. FRY, Senator
from Lehigh,•-for voting in favor ofnhartering
bank at Tamaqua., In our opinion, thO.Sena
tor from Lehigh is not - blameable. As a Dem
ocrat, he is, in principle, opposed to the char
tering of any liank not required by the business
necessities of the community ; but representing
a coal producing. and agricultural community,
ho must be supposed to know something about
the necessities similarly situated. Schuylkill
county, which is largely engaged in the coal and
iron trade ; adjoins Maj. 1 Par's district, and, in
his opinion, requires a larger circulating, medium
than she has "at this time, to earry oneher busi
ness. The Senator from Schuylkill, who inti•o
duced the bill, is of the same opinion. There
is. no opposition to the bill from citizens inter
ested, and Maj. Par has violated no Democrat
ic principle in voting for it. It seems tobe con
ceded, at this day, by a large majority of all
parties, that where the business of the country
requires banks, I.knlts should be established ;
and Maj. l'ay, acting upon this acknowledged
principle, should be applauded rather than
censured:—Harrisbrg
Flit. ~:
On Sunday ni2,llt last, about two °Mech . , a
sire broke out in the dwelling house of Mr.
Adam Miller, in Hanover township, this county,
and in a short time was entirely destroyed.
The lire had made such headway when discov
ered that the inmates had to escape in their
night elotlics. The nee of iginat , al through
som?,ashcs hid' httli Leon placed in a barrel
in kgt; cellar ; the barrel standing in close pros=
iiiiittto a puLato bin which v. - :m covered trills
straw to preserve them from ft ust. The loss of
.Hr. M. is about e7oo. 2..:0 insurance.
11.11:Al.)1J;It
11'boevc•r you may be, Lace you a county.
paper? If not, subscribe for the ./;,!; at
once. Everybody :should t. be his county IleNVS
paper, aa•.l that Inentiencd is juA the oneVo
suit you. Give it a trial, and if nut sr.tisfactory
at the end of the year—uhy, give u:.; the blame
A cc !dent
Last Saturday furencion a young lad named
(.icons:: NVENNE'a met with a serere accident, aE
the 'stable - of Mr. Robert Kramer. He went.
into a horse's stall, when the horse reared and
struck him with his Ibre feet. Ills cries
brought sonic persons engaged near the stable
to his assistance, who found him lying under
the horse, his head being cut in a shocking
manner and one of his legs broke.
roncr.tvz
On Friday last a note of hand was presented
at the Easton - flank for dii;count, by a man
named Jacob Boas, fnme rly of Allentown, call
ing for the sum of about :..z.1.50, purported to
have been signed by his mother, of the same
place, but was refused on account of being
signed by a lady +.\lmin they would not like to
sue for collection: lie then took the note out
and afterward placed the name of Mr. Jesse
Line, of Allentown, on it as endor.ser. lie then
offered it to Mr. Jacob Rader; of this place,
pleading immediate want of money, and offered
to sell it at a very discount. Mr. 11.
knowing Mr. Line to be a responsible mall,
hoc 'lit the note and paid the money, afterwards
discovered it to be a forgery, and, as Boas had
left town suddenly, he telegraphed to New York
and Philadelphia, to one of which places he was
supposed to have gone, for his arrest ; but up
• a late hour of Saturday night nothing was
card of him. —Easton Pitily Mornilq;..Mar.
The Three. 11 nadrcil 'Dollar Law
In our Slate Legislature Mr. Gross read in
lace it bill repealing the three hundred dollar
iemption law, which was referred to the Jo
eiary Committee, and reported hdek to the
ouse with a negative recommendation. It is
•ry seldom that the interests of the poor arc
' red for, and when perchance a magnanimous
•gislature does enact a law for their benefit,
is wonderful milli what tenacity the rich in
st upon its repeal. The three hundred dollar
t was but the result of a liberal and enlight
led policy—a consequence of the . repeal of
tat relic of barbarism,-imprisonment for debt ;
id its repeal now would, in fact, be a step
ackward. Misfortune sometimes sweepsfroin
man all he possesses, and it is but right lhe
w should MU:iron and permit, him to retain a
• ortion of it. his no argument to say, that
, is misfortune was created by his own negli
;once, fully and hnprudence. There arc the
ielpless _wife and children %rho are innocent,
and ‘sfioshould not be lorded loose as depend
ent?i" upon public challty.
Almost every man in the comniminity knoivs
what the lain is, aid if he rkies not, it is no ex
cuse. Indebtedness, therefore, is contracted
with a full knowledge of the consequences. If
a storekeeper, or• other person, is willing to
trust an individual, and does do so, and loses
the debt, the Iltull is not of the law, but of him
self. He had the right to refuse the individual
credit, but having failed to exercise it, he comes
with an ill grace io the Legislature for a rem
edy itt the repeal of a law, the provisions of
which he knew and understood. Let the law
remain as it is.
ALL THE 60I t 'D IN TILE WOrtl.D.—Taking the
cube yard of gold at £2,000,000, which it is in
round numbers, nll the gold in the world at:this
estimate might, if melted into ingots, be con
tained in a cellar 24 ft. square and 10 ft. high.
All the boasted wealth already obtained from
California and Australia, would go into an iron
sale nine feet square and nine feel high. So
small is the cube of yellow metal that has set
populations on the march, and roused the whole
world to•wouder !
IMS!!ISEI;EIIIIMIIISEI
FALTANG On' IN IMPORTS AT NEW X0111:::
The total foitign imports at this port for the
month of Jannary, were eight million three
hundred and seventy thousand two hundred
and flfty-niue'dollars—showing a less amount
than the same month of 1854, by $3,361,072,
aid less than January 1853, by $405,143,
cot;wr PROCEEDINGS. '',
COMMON FLEAS.
Present llon. 'lVA'spibraToN- McGarrNTT,
President Judge, Peter' Haas tuid Jacob Dil
linger, Associates; '
E: J. Moore presented a petition praying for
viewers for- a .road to connect Linden street,
from its terminus at Fourth street, in North
Ward, with terminus Of Linden street, in Le
high Ward. Chanted.
COMMONWEALTII VS. IqATIIAIsi
Pl:l:nsiuci .
Indictment for managing,,a Lottery 'and selling
Lottery Tickets. Stiles for Commonwealth ;
Brown, Longneeker and Runk, for defence.
The following Jurors answered to their
names : Elias Mertz, Daniel Fry, Martin Nem
merer, Solomon Weaver, Peter Moyer, William
Dillin , yer Stephen SelllosSer, Henry Diefeli
derfirr, E p hraim Reinhold, Daniel Ducheeker,
George Rex, John G. Schimpf.
llannuni, sworn: Is pnblUer of Al
lentown Democrat ; file of Democrat offered in
evidence ; John Cross paid fbr advertising of
Panorama ; ordered by John Gross.; Handbills
were ordered and paid fur by John Gross ; they
were delivered to a colored man. Never had
any conversation lb Frederick about Hand
bills.
James Kline, sworn : Bought two tickets of
Nathan Frederick ; bought two of Frederick's
bar -keeper ; bought at the bar; didn't sce any
other tickets about..
Erne MUM., sworn : Bought no tickels c f
Frederick ; bought of George Klecver who
tended bar• for him ; did not see Fredericl:
about ; was in the• employ of Frederick ; never
saw him tell a Ticket.
David Sc/cdrer, sworn : 'Bought one ticket
from Frederick ; bought one from bar-keeper ;
both took the tickets from the same drawer ;
don't know how many tickets Frederick sold ;
saw John Gross and Frederick together ; never
heard them speak of the Panorama.
Joseph Lsparns, sworn : Saw a picture in
Frederick's house called a Panorama; did not
count the " picturs." Bought a ticket of John
Gross ; John Gross told me he was going to
start a Panorama with some one; he guessed
Frederick, because he had rich relations ; that
William Gross, his brother, wimted to go in,
but that he would not let him, as two was
enough ; he was not afraid, as he had good
counsel about the matter ; it.was the same as
Pcr/ecam's Panicramer"; T was in the employ
of John Gross ; 'Henry Bush was in the office
kleever Was in the employ oh' Nathan Frederick
as bar tender.
Cross Examined. Gross told rne he offered
to go in with Frederick ; but as he would not
consent he was going to keep all he had : did
not sqe any of the. Pens, Pencils, Pianos, En
graVings or Music.
Joseph Weiss, sworn: Have tickets, pro
duced and admitted in evidence ; did not buy
of Frceleriek-; Frederick told me he had a Pan
orama, and wanted the to go to New York to
buy Jewelry, &c., feir this he offered to pay me
well ; I never paid fur the tickets : told me he
Would ha ready to go to New York on the ht
December ; but did not go Frederick told me
he bad sold between 70,000 and 80,000 ticliet:r.
Ile'ory Bachman, sworn Bought a great
number of tickets ; none of Frederick ; have
more than 20. tickets ; (13 oared and accept
ed in evidence,) had no conversation with
Frederick about the Panorama.
Cross Examiued. Bought of and paid John
IBM
Peter Max, sworn : 'nought two tickets of
N. Ft edcrick, paid $1 each.
Cross Examined. 'iVedder I speak firs for de
tiekels is more as I can say.
Darn/ Suy/or, sworn : • I received tickets
from Frederick ; did not pay him ; but he re
ceived the money. Was in a room in Fred
erick's house ; saw tickets ; saw a " pietur,"
the battleof " Bony Visty,"
Cross Examined. We paid Frederick some
money and gave back some tickets.
James Lacked, sworn : Property described
in note No. 3 in the Allentown Democrat an
swers the description of my property.
Cross Examined. There Was a verbal agree
ment between me, Gross and Frederick but
it never amounted to anything.
No. 1 belongs to Jonasl3h ry. No. 2to Wm.
Gro.;s. to Myself. No. 4 Biery's Hotel.
Nu. 5 answers description of property of Thom
as Frederick, if you call a hog stye a stable.--
• • •
No. G to Jonas:nay. .
thury /10A, S•worn: Don't know that Fred
serick and GrOss were partners ; bought tickets
of Gross--saw John th:os sign ticketti ; Lid
hod sign any tickets. • •
Cross Examined. Saw ,tiehets the same
room where the Panorama Was J.. Cross sign
ed tickets there. N. Frederick was Postmaster
at Catasauqua.
Major Keininerw, sworn : Have tickets ;
did not take fur loyself ; did not sell.
• Cross Examined. Did not contribute any
thing towards this prouccution.
Yeager, sworn: Went to Calasau
qua on the Gth December to see the Panorama ;
didn't see it then ; saw no property there
Gross said the committee cheated them, and if
the ticket holders were not satisfied he didn't
cars a d—n ; that he had the " name of cheat
ing and might as well have the game ;" I saw
a paper with the drawn numbers ; Gross said
ho received it in a letter; took a copy.
I=
• ~/oloi D. Luteall, Ahmed : Have known
Proderick several years ; bears a good character.
•A . rtikr, :Shag sworn : I know Fred
vie]: ; he has always borne a good character.
Aargn Bost, sworn : Have known Frederick
thirteen or fourteen years; was always consid
ered a man of irreproachable character.
George Daly, sworn : Am acquainted with
Frederick ; knot , him twenty years, always
bore a good char:utter.
Solomon Dieu, sworn : ,Have known Fred
erick twenty yearB ; alWays considered an
honest, good man;
Brown, attorney, hero offered the recogniz
ance in evidence. The Commonwealth offering
no rebutting testimony, the case on both sides
was here closed.
His Honor Judge McCartney ,delivered his
charge to the Jury on Tuesday Morning. After
two hours' absence they returned with a verdict
of Guilty on the first five and twelfth count.
Commonwealth vs. William Gross.—Stiles
for Commonwealth ; Wright, Drown and Marc
for defence. This case was now called up,
when the following Jurors answered to their
names :
• Joel Gross, John Hogenbuch, Lewis Engle
man, Solomon L. Keck, William Eggo, John
Eckert, Levi Woodring, Jacob Mohr, Peter 11.
Lehr, Charles L. Ginginger, William S. Young,
Nathan German.
Much evidence was adduced on both sides ;
all tending to show complicity with the Fred
eddies. After hearing the relevant testimony
in the case, and able arguments from both the
Commonwealth and Deface, the Judge deliv
ered his charge. After two hours' absence the
Jury returned with a verdict Of GUILTY on
counts 1,4, 5,6, 8,0, 10 and 11.
On motion of Counsel for'ilefence the Court
delayed sentence until this morning to give
Counsel time to file Bills of Exception.
ANCIENT ANTIQUITIES. Nineveh was 15
miles long, and 40 reuml, with walls 100 feet
high and thick enough for three chariots.—
Babylon was GO miles within the walls, which
were 75 feet thick and 300 high; with 100
brazen gates. The temple of Diana, at Ephe
sus was 325 feet high ; it was' 2CO years in
building. The largest of the pyramids is -IU3
feet high, and 736 feet on the sides; its base
covers thirteen acres ; the slimes are about
thirty feet in length, and the layers arc 200;
101/,000 men were employed in its erection.—
About the 159011 part of the Great Pyramid of
Egypt is occupied by chambers of passages :
all the rest is solid masonry. The labyrinth cf
Egypt, contains 3000 chambers and 12 halls.
Thebes, in. Egypt, presents ruins 27 miles
round ; it has 100 gates. Carthage was 25
miles round. Athens Nvasjl.s miles round, aTh.l
contained 25,000 citizens and 400,000 slaves.
The temple of Delphos Was so rich in donations,
that it was once plundered of .ClO,OOO, and
Nero carried from it 500 statues. The walls
of Rome were 13 miles in extent.
SINGULAR Diane:N.—The following, written
in an elegant business hand, was inscribed on
the back of a five-dollar bill lately received in
N. York . , from North Carolina:
" Ilere is a bill which I intend to toss
out of my window, in Norfolk, as soon as I
have written this. I am now no lover of
money. I hate it most cordially, fur it has
been the ruin of all my family. I will beg,
from door to door eternally rather than own
another cent one hour. It made my grand
father a suicide, my f Alter a murderer, my
; mother the victim of sorrow that sunk her
early to the grave, my brother a gambler,
and myself a Onvict in the State prison four
years.
TM , : DILIGENT FIRE ENCANI: OF PHIL:M:I.I'MA:
fovorite old engine, wldelt was con
structed some GO years since by t'at. Lyon,
has recently had a new box put on, and been
otherwise thoroughly repaired. A. trial was
had a few days since, when the engine was
placed about twenty feet below Tenth street,
in Filbert, and played one stream through a 1!
inch nozzle over the pole on top of 'the Engine
Ilouse, (which stands on the opposite corner;)
a distance of about 230 feet; the strewn was
much more solid than the onethrown by the
Steam Engine, and was kept up quite as long
as the Steam Engine did on het: trial, and there
was evidently much more water thrown to the
distance of 200 feet than the other did to 100
feet.
COLDEST WEATHER IN FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS.—
Hon. George Geddes, Fairmount, near Syracuse,
says Feb. Gth : " This is the coldest day of OS
years—that mother has observed the thermom
eter. The' lowCst.mark. before this day in that
time was 18 degrees below zero. Last night at
0 the mercury was 10 degrees below ; at 2 this
morning 10 degrees ; at 6 o'clock 28 degrees :
and the highest it has been to-day was 16 de
grees below zero : and now, 0 o'clock, evening
it is 20 degrees below. The thermometer is a
standard one—known to be correct."
A'MANS' EYE SIWT ItY TIM VW:3T.- Wt.
don't intend to brag about our cold weather,
but"we never recollect hearing of an instance
in which a titan's eye was frozen shut, except
that to which we now refer. The driver of a
leigh coming from Jamestown to Xenia on Sat-
urday morning, just Alike was entering Xenia,
exhibited to his passengers an icicle about as
large as a buckshot pendant from the upper lid
of his right eye ! The eye was entirely closed,
literally frozen shut ! his left eye was chilled,
so that it was with difficulty that he kept the
lids in motion. A raw wind was blowing and
the passengers in the sleigh kept their faces
covered.—Dayton
REVOLTI NI; SPEMACLE:-TWO slaves were
executed in Montgomery, Alabama, on Friday
Of last week, one of them for killing his wife,
and the other for attempting to kill his master.
The Journal says :—" One of the prisoners died
at once and easily ; of the other, owing to some
defect in the arrangements, the neck was not
dislocated—the knot of the rope, catching
under his chin, did not slip. his arms not
being sufficiently piitioned, 'he was enabled to
reach the rope with his hands, holding hitnself
up, and yelling most vociftirously. It required
some short time to disengage him. About a
thousand persons attended the revolting spec
tacle:"
r7George A. Leavitt, convicted of robbing
his father of Bean dollars, at Manchester, N.
11., has been sentenced to ono day, solitary
confinement and State Prison for life, at hard
labor.
United States Senator.
The ean . cus'of the American or EnoW NothL
ing Legislature on Friday night the oth'inat.,
after a stormy session lasting from 7 Until 2
o'clock, nominated Can. Simon Cameron, as
their candidate for U. S. Senater, in place of
the lion. James Cooper. The following are
the ballots : •
Ist. 2d. 3d; 4th. sth. 6th. 7th
Cameron, 27 27 35 33 40 45 44
Curtin, 11 412 17 22 46 11
Johnston, 10
Cooper„ 6 14
Wilmot, 5
Ihny, 4
Conrad, 5
Scattering, 10 30 40 32 47 1 2
The whole number of members present at the
caucus was 92, making with a full vote 47
necessary to a choice. It appears, however,
that after the 4th ballot it became very evident
that Gen. Cameron would be nominated, and
the caucus, from that time until the adjourn
ment, seems to have been one continuous row.
The following despatches tell the story :
llAmusistmi, Feb. 10, 1 A. M.—The caucus
has not yet adjourned—the fifth ballot has just
been taken, and its result has caused the great
est excitement, both in and outside the.conven
lion. The votes stood—Cameron 46 ; for other
candidates 47, making one vote more than there
were members in the caucus.
On the announcement of the result a number
of members withdrew, asserting that they were
not to be bought. There is a. great excitement
prevailing and every prospect of a row.
Another ballot has been ordered, and the im
pression is that Cameron will be nominated.
ONE o'cLocu, 15.—The sixth ballot stood--
Cameron, 45 ; Curtin, 4G ; scattering, I.
There being on this ballot one fraudulent vote
cast, another oiciting demonstratioU was had,
and several meifibers who had been induced to
return to the Convention, again retired, declar
ing their determination to disregard any selec
tion that might be made.
Two o'cLocs, 15.=After some quite angry
discussion, and a large number of members
retiring, a seventh ballot wgs ordered which
resulted as follows :—Cameron, 44 votes ;
that Curl in, 11 : Fuller, 12.
(ten. Simon Cameron was then declared the
nominee of the Convention, and a resolution
unanimously adopted, declaring him the nom
inee of the American party for the U. S. Senate.
The Convention then adjourned. The result
has caused great excitement, and there is every
prospect of a terrible row in the Convention
on Tuesday.
Afterwards 26 Democrats assembled in cau
cus and nominated Senator Buckalew, as their
candidate-8 Whigs met in caucus and nomina
ted Thomas Williams, as their candidate. On
Tuesday the two branches of the Legislature
met in Convention, and
..the following was the
result of the first ballot .
I=
For Simon Cameron, [American.] - 58
" C. 1.. lluckalcw, [Democrat.] - 28
" J. Pringle Jones, • - - 11
" I). - - - - 9
" Thomas IVilliams, - - -
" James Verdi,l - - - - 8
" Thomas 11, Baird, - - - 2
" 11.1\1. Fuller, - - - - 2
Smith, - - - - 2
" George Chambers, - - - 1
" John C. ISunhel, - - - 1
" J. S. Black, - - - -
For Simon Cameron—Messrs. Crabb, Cress
, Frazier, Fry, Ilaldeman, Hendricks, Kit
linger, Sellers and Shuman, of the Senate, and
Messrs. Allegood, Barry, Boal, Bowman, Cald
well, Carlisle, Clover, Crawford, Criswell, Cum
mings of Philadelphia, Cummins of Somerset,
Donaldson. Eyster, Fcaren, Fletcher, Poster,
Frailey, Prce, Gross, Guy. Haines, Hulks,
King, Kirkpatrick, Krcbbs, Lane, Leas, Men
gle, McConkey, McCOnnell, Morrison, •Muse,
North, Palmer, Reese, Rittenhouse, .Rutter,
Shover, Smith of Allegheny, Smith of Blair,
Steel, Stcelcy, Sturdevant, Waterhouse, Wed
dell, Wood,.Yorkes, Zeigler and Strong (Speak
er) of the House.
For C. It. Buckalcw—Messrs. Browne, Good
win, Hamlin, Hoge, Jamison, McClintock,
Platt, Quiggle, Sager, Walton,. Wherry, and
Heisler (Speaker) or the Senate, and Messrs.
Baker, , Bush, Christ, Craig, Dougherty, Dun
ning, Dugan, Fry: (Montgomery) Johnston,
McLean, Maxwell„ Orr, Sallade, Stockdale,
Thompson and .Wright,''of the House.
For J. P. Jones—Messrs. Taggart, of the
Senate, and youst, Iltfrrison, Hodgson; Linder
man, McCoombs, Magill, Pennypacker, 'Simp
son, Smith of Philadelphia, and Stewart of the
House.
For David-Wilmot—Messrs. Avery, Baldwin;
Downing, Holcomb, Laporte, Lathrop; Mott,
McCalmont, and IVickersham, of the House.
For Thomas Williams—Messrs. Darsio, Frick,
Price and Skinner, of the Senate, and-Chamber
lain, Powell, Ross, and Witmer, of the 1.T.0 1 15C.
No one having receive* majority, Mr.
Chamberlain, moved that the Convention ad
journ to this day three weeks.. Lost-4 yeas ;
dO nays.
After- some debate upon the rules, and the
disposal of various points of order, the conven
tion proceeded to a second ballot, which.result
ed as follows : •
Simon Cameron, - - - 50
C. It. Buckalew, - - - - 27
Scattering,
The vote was the same as on the first ballot,
ivith the exception that Mr. Ballade, of Berks,
who had previously voted for Mr. Buckalew,
now votedfor Mr. Cameron.
There being no choice, Mr. Taggart moved
that the convention adjourn, to meet on this day
two weeks.
The motion, after sonic debate, was agreed to
yeas 67, nays 61.
The • resolution to adjourn, was carried by
the opponents to the election of General Came
ron, and if they can unite on a single candidate
which is rather doubtful, the General may be
defeated.
errgiritatjut priarrrilfgo.:•;
On the 9th, Senate bill, entitled a supplement
to the cluirter of the Thomas Iron company,
came,up in its order to be acted upon, and was
postponed.
On the 12th, Mr. GOODIV.TN, frcm the Com
mittee on Corporations, reported the bill to in
corporate the Pennsylvania Lehigh Zinc com
pany, with amendments.
On the 14th, 111 r. FRY 'called up the bill sup
plementary to the act incorporating the Thorne."
Iron Company.
Mr. HALDEMAN moved a proviso to titer
end of the first section, requiring the company
to pay n,tax of one per cent. on its increased
capital, in four annual instalments.
Mr. FRY hoped it would be adopted. :The
original charter of the company already prti'W'
ded for a tax of one-half per centum.
After some conversation about the wording
of the section, and its effect, between Messrs.
Darsic, Fry and Haldeman, Mr. 11. withdrew
his amendment, and
llENDlFlCKS — submitted one providing-,
for the payment of a tax of one-half per centum ;
which was agreed to, and the first section
passed.
At the request of Mr. lliester, the further
consideration of the bill was then postponed.
HOUSE.
On the 14th the following entitled bills wero
read, and prepared form second reading, viz :
A supplement to an act to incorporate the
village of Bethlehem, in the county of North
ampton, into a borough, passed the oth day of
March, A. D. 1545.
A supplement to an act, entitled an act to in
corporate the Allentown railroad conapany, ap
prov ed April 19th, A. D. 1353.
n (12,111.
-The surest way to improve ono's condi
tion is to improve one's self.
El — Within thine own bosom are the stars of
thy dest
rj - - Man's life as a book, has two blank
Laves, infancy and old age.—Jam Paul.
ri - There is one mill in Lawrence that
consumes the fleece of five thousand sheep per
day.
rylcefusing to pay your printer's bills and'
robbing hen roosts are the same thing in Dutch,
only a little differently expressed.
riDox'T Ln Tp Spa IT.—About a million
of specie has been shipped to Europe dieing the
past ten days. •
try — Eleven horses and three dogs were gored
to death at a bull light in Madrid on Christmas
day.
G77 . WITAT THEY BRlNG.—the Now York
Board of Emigration estimates that $2.0,000,-
000 in money has been brought into the country
in the last year by German emigrants.
8J 'New clothes and piety go well. together.
For a whole month after a certain miss obtained
a new mantilla, she appeared in church three
times a Sunday.
,_J ; Sausagesmade of red flannel, boot jacks,
and the the hind quarters of a nightmare, aro
good—fur those who like 'em, but wo never did
fancy 'cm.
ID - The pay of a Chinese soldier is three
dollars a month,, and for every rebel that ho
kills he gets an additional month's pay, to
obtain which, he must produce the dead rebel's
left ear.
Dayten*,oo paper gives an account of
the removal, of the . body of a female, who had
been buried 24 years, which was completely
petrified, and presented features and appear
ance as when first buried. -
E --- „ , -NOT OVER YOU:s7O TO 11,411.11.1%—Th0
other day in Beath), N. I'.; a young man, aged
75, married a youthful maiden of 40—both in
the rose-leaf time of life. May their journey
be a happy one. They have only 120 years of
wisdom between them.
CilVe heard a good joke of a party of
young fellows who found fault with the butter
on the boarding-house table. " What is s the
matter with it ?" said the mistress. Just
you ask it," said one ; " it is old enough to'
speak for itself."
37'The total supply of anthracite coal froth
all the different coal regions in Pennsylvania,
since the commeneementof the trade in 1820,
amounts to 18,007,700 tons, of which the
Schuylkill region furnished 55,100,040 tons, •
(17_,PA.once happy couple sat down to dinner,
and a well cooked calf's head was laid on
table. The lady who was carving asked her
husband iflie would have some of the ,brains,
as she thought ho needed somp. " No, my
love," he replied, " but I'll take some of tho
tongue, as I think you have too much." •
Anna ( 1 9ndit , who died at Orange,
N. J., a few days since, a't ago of
01 years, was the mother of 11 children; 7 oQ
whom were living ; the grand mother of 59 . 481
living ; great-grandmother of 2., one
Nine of her children, 20 grandchildren, and a
greatgrandchildren Married and settled wlthilt
four miles of her residence.
I -- Get , se sell in San Francisco market at
$lO per pair. Ducks are the same. Turkeys
from $1 to $1 25 per. pound. Butter is front
75 cents to $1 per pound, and eggs% pirdozen.
Cheese, 50 to 75 cents per pound. Apples
have been sold at prices from $3 to $5 per
apple—the lowest prices being one bit (a dime)
each.
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ayoung man comes home and tries
to bolt tho.door with a sweet potato, pokes the
tire with the spout of the coffee pot, attempts,
to wind up the clock with his boot jack, tries
to cut kindling for his morning's fire with as
ivory paper-knife, takes a cold boiled potato
in Ills hand to light him to bed, and pieforal&
to sleCp in his hat and boots, you may ieasona:
bly infer that he has been making th'eacquaint
mice of some friendly people. .
SENATE